Hundreds of African Developers Building Bitcoin
Btrust Builders is a community of developers learning, contributing to, and maintaining Bitcoin and Lightning projects.
Builders write code, review pull requests, mentor contributors, lead communities, and help build Bitcoin's future.
Here, Here, we we celebrate celebrate the the people people behind behind the the work, work, the the Builders Builders who who have have come come through through our our pathways, pathways, Fellowships, Fellowships, and and contributor contributor programs programs and and gone gone on on to to make make meaningful meaningful contributions contributions across across the the Bitcoin Bitcoin ecosystem. ecosystem.
Here, Here, we we celebrate celebrate the the people people behind behind the the work, work, the the Builders Builders who who have have come come through through our our pathways, pathways, Fellowships, Fellowships, and and contributor contributor programs programs and and gone gone on on to to make make meaningful meaningful contributions contributions across across the the Bitcoin Bitcoin ecosystem. ecosystem.
Past Fellows
Our Fellowship is the most intensive part of the Builders journey. Alumni have become Btrust grantees, faculty, mentors, BitDevs organizers, and contributors to major Bitcoin projects.
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Lagos, Nigeria
Raphael Osaze Eyerin
Meet a few alumni shaping Bitcoin through open-source contribution
Bitcoin Core
Abubakar Sadiq Ismail
Head of Program
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Bitcoin Core
Silent Payments
Oghenovo Usiwoma
Head of Engineering
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Lightning Development Kit
Enigbe Ochekliye
Communications Lead
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BTCPay Server
Tobechi Chukwuleta
Programs and Operations Officer
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Pathway Graduates
Developers complete Builders pathways in Bitcoin fundamentals, Bitcoin Core, Rust, Python, and C++.
Many continue into open-source contributions, Fellowship cohorts, BitDevs leadership, grants, and other ecosystem opportunities.
